From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from jazzhorn.ncsc.mil (mummy.ncsc.mil [144.51.88.129]) by tycho.ncsc.mil (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j315TsDo009468 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 00:29:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (jazzhorn.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.9]) by jazzhorn.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j315PmhV017958 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 05:25:49 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 69so772691wra for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:28:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 13:28:29 +0800 From: Rogelio Serrano Reply-To: Rogelio Serrano To: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Subject: Re: Desktop apps interoperability In-Reply-To: <1112303152.11216.199.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <20050331160546.36303.qmail@web31615.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <1112285287.11216.114.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> <20050331231259.B2607@lemuria.org> <1112303152.11216.199.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov On Apr 1, 2005 5:05 AM, Stephen Smalley wrote: > On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 23:13 +0200, Tom wrote: > > He does have a point, though - sometimes the application can not be > > changed. It may be a legacy application and for all I care, those are > > the ones most in need of a protective cage. > Unchangeable legacy apps should die. > Sure, and at that point, you just confine it as best as you can while > still allowing whatever functionality you require. SELinux supports > that need just fine. But you don't want to just accept that status quo > for all applications for all time, which seemed to be Casey's attitude. > [snipped...] I think everybody agrees that aggressive refactorization of source code is a good thing. Therefore in an open source environment legacy apps dont exist. -- Blood is thicker than water... and much tastier John Davidorff Pell -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.